[ it sounds exactly like something Dunban would do, and that only makes her feel worse. the anger dies out quickly. ]
But you shouldn't have to do this, either, Hua Cheng. I can't let you get forced into this twice... It's all wrong. Are we supposed to vote for you after, too, just for the nova?
[ He laughs, a little darkly, but still not unkind. ]
Fiora, it's not forcing me into anything. I volunteered to be the one to do it again, because this isn't the first time I've killed someone, and it won't be the last.
We can decide on how to vote when Swan comes to us again with the request. If voting for me will secure us the nova we need, it's fine - I'm already a ghost, going to that place in limbo where the removed are won't bother me.
By that logic, yes. [ levelly ] But is it something that you want to do? Especially in a place where you've come to know the people that you could be asked to kill.
[ He was a soldier when he was her age - it's not a matter of age in this particular scenario. ]
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But you shouldn't have to do this, either, Hua Cheng. I can't let you get forced into this twice... It's all wrong. Are we supposed to vote for you after, too, just for the nova?
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Fiora, it's not forcing me into anything. I volunteered to be the one to do it again, because this isn't the first time I've killed someone, and it won't be the last.
We can decide on how to vote when Swan comes to us again with the request. If voting for me will secure us the nova we need, it's fine - I'm already a ghost, going to that place in limbo where the removed are won't bother me.
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[ it's just that one of them is ostensibly 14 and the other is a grown man. ]
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[ He was a soldier when he was her age - it's not a matter of age in this particular scenario. ]
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Many of you have formed bonds with the others here. It would hurt you more to be the one tasked with removing them, would it not?